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2017-03-10 Home Front: Politix

The military kills 8,500 pigs and goats every year for medical training. A new bill would end that

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Posted by Fred 2017-03-10 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1736 views ] Top

1 Hank "Guam might tip over" Johnson is a known imbecile. What's Marino's excuse?

Posted by Frank G 2017-03-10 00:41|| 2017-03-10 00:41|| Front Page Top

2 And a lot of turkeys don't make it through Thanksgiving.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-03-10 01:02|| 2017-03-10 01:02|| Front Page Top

3 Maybe they could kill 8500 people for medical training. I could probably think of some good candidates...

Posted by Glenmore 2017-03-10 01:37|| 2017-03-10 01:37|| Front Page Top

4 Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga.

I have no further questions. Please continue the training.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-03-10 02:07|| 2017-03-10 02:07|| Front Page Top

5 So,...an end to unit BBQs?

Posted by Skidmark 2017-03-10 02:10|| 2017-03-10 02:10|| Front Page Top

6 Americans eat goat, Skid?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-03-10 02:57|| 2017-03-10 02:57|| Front Page Top

7 It's yummy dude.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-03-10 07:10|| 2017-03-10 07:10|| Front Page Top

8 Maybe they could use feral hogs. There are too many of them, right?

Posted by Bobby 2017-03-10 07:30|| 2017-03-10 07:30|| Front Page Top

9 Or possibly feral yoots?

Posted by Bobby 2017-03-10 07:31|| 2017-03-10 07:31|| Front Page Top

10 My personal opinion is that if you've never seen blood you're not entitled to an opinion on bandaids.

It's not just the blood.

Posted by Pappy 2017-03-10 08:01|| 2017-03-10 08:01|| Front Page Top

11 Speaking from personal experience, no simulator can compare to actually working on live tissue. These 2 pols are morons - this training has saved lives. What is the cost of that???

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2017-03-10 08:16|| 2017-03-10 08:16|| Front Page Top

12 Same dust up years ago using dogs for Special Forces Medic (Dog Lab) training at Fort Bragg many years ago.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-03-10 08:23|| 2017-03-10 08:23|| Front Page Top

13 Well, I'm sure we can find suitable human replacements.
Let's start with politicians; implement this as term limits.

Posted by AlanC 2017-03-10 09:25|| 2017-03-10 09:25|| Front Page Top

14 Ever read "The Reluctant King", AlanC? Every 20 years this kingdom selects a new king -- whoever catches the head of the previous king.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2017-03-10 09:55|| 2017-03-10 09:55|| Front Page Top

15 As soon as we have enough PETA members volunteering to be shot / lacerated / etc. then fine, let's do it. Or are they all expats in Canada now?

Posted by magpie 2017-03-10 10:45|| 2017-03-10 10:45|| Front Page Top

16 7 RC.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-03-10 11:19|| 2017-03-10 11:19|| Front Page Top

17 Sausage making in Italy.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-03-10 13:35|| 2017-03-10 13:35|| Front Page Top

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